Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-02
MR. A D REPLIES.
HIGGINsvILLE, Mo, March 90, lSc

NIB. GLADISH REPLIES.
HIaaINsvILLE, Mo, March 22, 1887.
EDITOR INTELLIGENCER:-In your
paper Of March IL, handed me a day
or two ago, there is a communication
over an assumed name, No. 6, which
claims to be an answer to what l had
said in the Intellgencer some four or
five months ago. He betrays his iden.
ty when he says awe directors of No.
g." and again when he undertakes to
quote from the Scriptures. The COM
munication which he is pretending to
answer, was u contradiction OF some
false statements made in your paper
over the signatures of Messrs. Lut-
trell, Tyler, Cole and Smith. "No. g.
does not deny that they concocted the
false statements, but says he can prove
that they waited until Monday nor
ing to do so.
l have failed to vote at but n
school election in the last five years
and the one failure was unavoidable. 1
am not however responsible for the
ignorance OF the sold residents" on
that question. He admits that l was
cut off from a good district. That is
also true of every man in district No.
6, 4s and 40, 26, and against the will
of a large majority of all interested,
and SO much against their will that
while they were permitted to be heard,
the thing was defeated. This opposi-
ton of the people was owing to the
fact that no one in the proposed dis
trict was more than two and one-halt
miles from a good school and hat to
organize a little 4x9 district was to
exchange a good school for next to
nothing. When the people had set
tied the matter, as they supposed, and
were giving the matter no more
thought, they were surprised to learn
that the matter had been taken before
some high tribunal where, without
notice to the people, the boundary
lines were changed, three trustees ap-
pointed and the district organized
The trustees put up a little box house
which cost fifty or sixty dollars, a por-
ton of which vas contributed by men
outside OF the district, said house, when
completed, was claimed as the private
property of said trustees, since which
time they have rented the house from
themselves for the district, the rent
amounting each year to ut least one
third of its original cost. These are
substantially the facts stated in the
case referred to by Mr.. No. 8, which
he does not deny. l said the district
bad, IN round numbers, forty six
thousand dollars worth of taxable
property. After foul or five months
figuring they think said four thousand
six hundred-pretty close for those
fellows, is it not? But as nothing
which l then stated is disputed by Mr..
No. 6, they need not be repeated.
No. 3 tells us about the nonresident
taxpayers, and don't he love those
fellows? Many are the prayers for
blessings Oh those dear fellows.
They have NC voice IN the matter; all
they have to do is to staud and deliver.
But how No 6 discovered that there
was doubt about district No. l having
one hundred square miles III it is more
han l can tell, yet he does admit that
it is true. 1t he has learned that three
times four does not make one hundred,
what is not possible for him to learn?
No. 8, or the fellows he represents,
have said, "when it suited their pur-
pose that | was opposed to public
schools, and have said just the oppo-
site when that suited their purpose.
That is, that l wanted to build a costly
school house. AL such stuff I have
left unanswered except when they
rushed into print, which would GO be-
yond where they are known, and then
only on one occasion, viz, November,
1886, which seems TO have put them
into the torpid state for four months or
more, from which stale the warmth of
spring has restored them to conscious
ness. They tell you if they are not
consigned to the waste basket that
they will come again, which l suppose,
III the order of things will be along
about dog days. As you did not
consign them to the waste basket | take
1t that you are ready to take up their
next and l therefore concluded that |
would begin a hearing. These disciples
OF Kew. Sam Jones, as they would have
US believe, admonish me not to with
hold the school tax. Let US put their
precept and example side by side.
They, as officers OF the district, under
took to collect an unlawful tax, which
was set aside by the court, and at least
one OF them was among the first TO
take the benefit of it. Must l be
governed by their precept or their
example?
What No. 6 said about "Your
clerk" "scheminy," etc., is all Greek
to me.
l would be the last to expose nyone
but 1t seems nothing else will do them.
This is the second time they have
assalled me in your paper, and as
everyone has the right TO defend, |
could do no less than turn OH the light,
All OF which is respectfully submitted.
NJ. NJ. GLADIsH.
The foregoing statement of facts is
true and Known TO be true i'm tl.ls
aelghtorhood, and should be known
to everyone. The writer has wisely
omitted mentioning the contemplate
reference TO the political campaign of
1886. Respectfully, l. q. HoGAN.
County Board of Equalization.
The County Board Of Equalization will
meet on Monday, April 4, 1887, and remain
ii session three days. I'll parties who feel
ssgrieved by the assessment IS inGdc by tbs
county assessor will have an Opportunity IL
have the same adjusted and eQualized, and IL
there be any mistakes in assessments tbs
same can by the board be corrected.
By order of the Board.
Attest: w. B. STEELE, Secretary.
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